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landmark
[land-mahrk]
noun
a prominent or conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide, especially to ships at sea or to travelers on a road; a distinguishing landscape feature marking a site or location.
The post office served as a landmark for locating the street to turn down.
something used to mark the boundary of land.
a building or other place that is of outstanding historical, aesthetic, or cultural importance, often declared as such and given a special status landmark designation, ordaining its preservation, by some authorizing organization.
a significant or historic event, juncture, achievement, etc..
The court decision stands as a landmark in constitutional law.
verb (used with object)
to declare (a building, site, etc.) a landmark.
a movement to landmark New York's older theaters.
landmark
/ ˈlændˌmɑːk /
noun
a prominent or well-known object in or feature of a particular landscape
an important or unique decision, event, fact, discovery, etc
a boundary marker or signpost
Other Word Forms
- unlandmarked adjective
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
The Supreme Court legalized sports betting on the federal level in a landmark decision in 2018, leaving it up to state governments to decide both whether to allow sports gambling and how to regulate it.
A first senior hat-trick is a landmark in itself, let alone the first north London derby in Premier League history.
Something closer to a complete performance delivered a first home win over New Zealand in August and a landmark victory over the British and Irish Lions in June.
It was at a landmark architecture exhibition in Paris in 1925 that the Art Deco aesthetic first exploded on the scene.
That is the reason why this side were just a point above the relegation zone before Saturday's landmark win.
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